Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz headline Coachella festival
Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News | 2010-01-19 18:38:00
<div><p>NEW YORK (Billboard) - Jay-Z, Muse and Gorillaz will headline the 11th annual Coachella Valley Music &amp; Arts Festival, to be held April 16-18 in southern California.</p><p>Also confirmed are LCD Soundsystem, Faith No More, Thom Yorke, Pavement, The Specials, Vampire Weekend, Them Crooked Vultures, Phoenix, Tiesto, Deadmau5, David Guetta, MGMT and Public Image Limited.</p><p>Tickets for the event at the Empire Polo Field in Indio -- 130 miles east of Los Angeles -- go on sale Friday, January 22 at Ticketmaster and on coachella.com. Three-day weekend passes are $269.00, plus surcharges.</p><p>The 2009 edition, headlined by Paul McCartney, the Killers and the Cure, was the top grossing festival in the United States, taking in over $15 million according to Billboard Boxscore. The event drew nearly 153,000 people over its three days.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=67281557&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>
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